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22 June 2026
The Foreign Ministry hosted the workshop “Aging and Demand for Care in Central and Eastern Europe”

The workshop “Aging and Demand for Care in Central and Eastern Europe: Determinants, Challenges, and Possible Responses over the Next Ten Years” took place today in the “Aldo Moro” Hall of the Foreign Ministry. The workshop focused on the main demographic trends and the prospects for responding to them by healthcare and social systems in […]

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22 June 2026
Undersecretary Tripodi presented the CEI Know-How Exchange Program

The Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Maria Tripodi, participated via video link in the opening event presenting the 2026 Call for Proposals for the Know-How Exchange Program (KEP), a capacity-building initiative funded by Italy for the Central European Initiative’s member countries applying for EU membership (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Moldova, and Ukraine). […]

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20 June 2026
Fire in Dominican Republic: Tajani Spoke with Italian Ambassador and Husband of Deceased Italian Woman

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani spoke today with the Ambassador of Italy to Santo Domingo, Sergio Maffettone, to have an update on the conditions of the Italian tourists staying at the Bayahibe resort that caught fire on Friday morning. Minister Tajani also spoke with the husband of Francesca Valentino, the Italian woman who died in the […]

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20 June 2026
Cirielli celebrated the centenary of relations between Italy and Yemen with young Yemeni diplomats

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Edmondo Cirielli, participated today in the closing ceremony of the training programme for young Yemeni diplomats, organized by the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organisation (ITC-ILO) and the Foreign Ministry in Turin and Rome over the past two weeks. The training programme is also relevant in light […]

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20 June 2026
Dominican Republic: Italian citizen died

Santo Domingo’s authorities have confirmed to the Italian Ambassador the death of an Italian citizen involved in the blaze at a resort in the Bayahibe area. At the hospital, the Ambassador met with Mrs. F.V.’s husband and offered him the assistance of the Embassy, along with the resort officials who are following all the other […]

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19 June 2026
Deputy Minister Cirielli Chaired the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation

Deputy Foreign Minister Edmondo Cirielli chaired the third meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation for 2026 today at the Foreign Ministry. During the meeting, a package of measures totalling over €620 million was approved, in line with the 2026 Programming Plan, adopted at the Joint Committee meeting chaired by Minister Tajani on May […]

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19 June 2026
Miami Business Forum Cancelled

In light of the cancellation of Foreign Minister Tajani’s visit to the United States, we hereby announce that the Business and Science Forum scheduled for Monday, June 22, in Miami will not take place. The Forum was scheduled as part of the political framework of the Minister’s visit. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will update […]

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19 June 2026
Tajani at the ceremony of oath of new the diplomats: gender equality among new diplomatic officers

The ceremony of oath of allegiance to the Republic by 46 newly appointed diplomatic officers, who passed the diplomatic competition for Secretaries of Legation, was held today at the Farnesina, in the presence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani. The ceremony marks the formal entry into the diplomatic service for the new officers. […]

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19 June 2026
Minister Antonio Tajani opened the Ceremony of oath of allegiance to the Republic by young diplomatic officers

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, opened the Ceremony of oath of allegiance to the Republic by 46 newly appointed diplomatic officers from the training course “Boris Biancheri Chiappori”.     The oath represents the final stage of the training programme, during which the Secretaries of Legation have participated in training missions in Italy […]

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17 June 2026
Tajani to Iranian Minister Araghchi: satisfaction for the first Iran-US agreement, continue on the path of negotiation. Reach an agreement on Lebanon

In today’s phone call with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Abbas Araghchi, the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, discussed the main topics of the Iran-US negotiations. The memorandum to be signed in the next few hours will kick off a 60-day negotiation for a final agreement. “This […]

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